Re: Internet bandwidth and stability issues

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> On Mon, Mar 16, 2020 at 12:47 PM Larry Masinter <LMM@acm.org> wrote:
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>> https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/16/technology/coronavirus-working-from-home-internet.html
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>> We should consider the possibility, that internet stability and bandwidth
>> might get significantly worse for those working or studying from home, at
>> least in the short term.
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>> I’m sorry for not taking this factor quite so seriously.  For many of the
>> categories of going online use cases, this factor might dominate, and make
>> previously tenable solutions unacceptable.
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>> Thoughts?
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>> LarryMasinter.net
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+1   Also, with supply chain disruptions and all sorts of random budgetary
and administrative impediments to procurement processes, timely supply of
spare parts for data centres is an issue. Not just the 'puters either.

Plan M = mesh networks

Joseph Potvin

Received on Monday, 16 March 2020 18:35:13 UTC